Suppose at the Movie Theatre You Observe That a Few

question 141

Multiple Choice

Suppose at the movie theatre you observe that a few patrons arrive early, but most arrive just moments before the movie begins, and no one arrives late. If you were to graph the distribution with time increasing from left to right, what could you say about the distribution of patron arrivals at the theatre?

• A) The distribution is normally distributed.
• B) The distribution is positively skewed.
• C) The distribution is negatively skewed.
• D) The distribution is inversely skewed.

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